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Now that the NBA Draft is done, what are the chances of actually making the NBA? Here are some interesting numbers as analyzed by a Utah Jazz blogger. The data was collected for a ten-year period up through the 2007 NBA Draft. With Jeremy Lin projected not getting drafted at all, you can see that his chances of merely making the NBA are now even more astronomical than merely getting drafted. Still, it isn’t impossible and has been done before, as Warrior fans well know with Anthony Morrow and the recent spattering of D-League players…

His name is Tiny Gallon, 2010 NBA Draft prospect. His Twitter account (@TINYGALLON24) says he’s “a dude from VALLEJO”. He was actually born there, then moved to Houston in the eighth grade.

Here are some excerpts from a recent article…

“When you know a player for so long who can pass the ball, it’s great because he trusts me already out on the court,” Gallon said. “He’s someone I have chemistry with on and off the court. I think people will see that. If we’re reunited, it’d be awesome.”

That was Tiny explaining the interesting possibility of bring drafted by the Milwaukee Bucks and re-joining his AAU teammate, Brandon Jennings.

Here’s more on his game…

Gallon was first interviewed by the Bucks during the NBA draft combine in Chicago. It was at the combine that Gallon made 19 of his 25 three-point attempts during the workouts.

“Talking to coach [Scott Skiles], I think he liked me,” Gallon said. “He said they’re missing a forward who can play inside and shoot. There aren’t too many bigs who can step out and shoot the three like me. I guess that’s what makes me different from a lot of bigs.”

I saw him play a couple times on TV while I was really scouting Oklahoma teammate Willie Warren, and I didn’t recall anything amazing about Gallon’s game except that he broke the backboard against Gonzaga, and that he didn’t appear 6′10″ on TV, although that may have been because he was overweight at the time.

The dozen or so point guard Draft prospects including Jeremy Lin, our fan favorite of Dream League, just got an available roster spot — scarce as they may be (remember, there were 16 point guards drafted last year) — as A.J. Price of the Indiana Pacers went down with a broken patella and will be sidelined four to six months. That puts his return past training camp, and quite possibly past Opening Day and even as far as December 2010.

Here’s an excerpt from TSN:

“Price suffered the injury in a charity basketball game Saturday night in New York. He will have surgery Tuesday in Indianapolis, where he will also rehabilitate with the Pacers’ medical staff.

Price injured the same knee two years ago, suffering a torn ACL while playing in an NCAA Tournament game for the University of Connecticut.”

Very interesting read over at DraftExpress, pertaining to Al-Farouq Aminu and Ishmael Smith working out ahead of the NBA Draft with renowned shooting instructor Dave Hopla in Los Angeles. Three things struck me: (1) I get the feeling Smith waited too long to get his shot fixed, but I’ll save my rants on long-term Draft preparation for another day, (2) Daniel Orton is really working on every facet of his game (good for him), and (3) Aminu is shooting with his elbow at his eyebrows?!

Here’s the excerpt, from the interview portion…

JH: What has it been like working with the legendary shooting coach, Dave Hopla? What he has worked on with you?

AA: He’s been working on my technique. Making sure I get my arm up, getting my elbow at my eyebrow. And he’s really been helping me with my jump shot.

I don’t know, give that a try. Feels totally weird, huh? Maybe we’re lacking context, but that is not how I’d be training someone to shoot. I don’t even think Larry Bird shot that high above his head.

In fact, I don’t think I’ve ever seen anyone — not even Joe Schmoe — shoot with their elbow at their eyebrows, throughout 8 years of running tournaments and leagues, with me watching a good portion of over 100 teams playing every weekend!

There’s got to be more to this elbow-at-eyebrow thing than meets the eye. For now, it’s bugging me.

While ballyhooing the performances of Jerome Randle and Mikhail Torrance, I also reported the consensus that Jeremy Lin is a bonafide point guard prospect. I shall now present to you further evidence of his value to a team at the point position, perhaps more-so than even Randle or Torrance, backed by numbers.